What’s hot in science? Research news for the day of Feb. 1, 2022

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About the size of a quarter, FaceBit clips onto any mask with a small magnet.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022
‘Fitbit for the face’ can turn any face mask into smart monitoring device

FaceBit can monitor wearer’s health, sense heartbeat through the face

Engineers at Northwestern University have developed a new smart sensor platform for face masks; they’re calling it a

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Drone footage of the Khani Masi plain in the Garmian Province, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Tue, 01 Feb 2022
Ancient discovery reveals new knowledge of early Mesopotamian farming

Earliest definitive evidence of broomcorn millet in Mesopotamia

Researchers have unearthed the earliest definitive evidence of broomcorn millet, Panicum miliaceum, in Mesopotamia — a territory that roughly coincides with present-day Iraq — challenging the current understanding of humanity’s earliest agricultural practices. The

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